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Tobacco and Shamanism in South America

Gerald Weiss

The Latin American Anthropology Review December 1, 1991 DOI: 10.1525/jlca.1991.3.2.67.2 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Historical analysis Peer reviewed
Topics Shamanism
Citations 26
Key points Argues that tobacco is the fundamental psychoactive agent in South American shamanism, more central than other hallucinogens.

Abstract

Tobacco and Shamanism in South America. Johannes Wilbert. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987. xix. 294 pp., figures, maps, tables, bibliography, index. $30.00 (cloth). ISBN 0‐300‐ 03879‐8.

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